A Concise Treatise on the Art of Angling [etc.]T. Plummer, 1808 - 186 pages |
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... Charr , or Welch Torgoch The Guilt , or Gilt Charr . CHAP . VI . The most scientific Method of making Fish - Ponds , Stews , & c .; to which are added , several Arcana in the Art of Angling . PART II . CHAP . I. Observations concerning ...
... Charr , or Welch Torgoch The Guilt , or Gilt Charr . CHAP . VI . The most scientific Method of making Fish - Ponds , Stews , & c .; to which are added , several Arcana in the Art of Angling . PART II . CHAP . I. Observations concerning ...
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... Charr or Welsh Torgoch . 25. Carpio lacus Benaci , the Guilt or Gilt Charr . 24. Lucius , the Pike or Pickerel . 25. Perca fluviatilis minor seu aurata , the Ruff . 26. Piscis aculeatus vulgaris seu pungitius Alberti , the Common ...
... Charr or Welsh Torgoch . 25. Carpio lacus Benaci , the Guilt or Gilt Charr . 24. Lucius , the Pike or Pickerel . 25. Perca fluviatilis minor seu aurata , the Ruff . 26. Piscis aculeatus vulgaris seu pungitius Alberti , the Common ...
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... charr , or welch TORGOCH . The red charr is a fish whose make is longer and more slender than that of a trout , for one of about eight inches long was no more than an inch and a half broad . The back is of a greenish olive spotted with ...
... charr , or welch TORGOCH . The red charr is a fish whose make is longer and more slender than that of a trout , for one of about eight inches long was no more than an inch and a half broad . The back is of a greenish olive spotted with ...
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... charr , in Coningston - Meer , which is not far from Winander - Meer , are much better , but there are reasons to ... CHARR . The Latin writers called the gilt charr , carpio lacús Benaci , because they imagined it was only to be met ...
... charr , in Coningston - Meer , which is not far from Winander - Meer , are much better , but there are reasons to ... CHARR . The Latin writers called the gilt charr , carpio lacús Benaci , because they imagined it was only to be met ...
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... charr , which is bred in Winander - Meer , in the county of Westmore- land . It is proportionably broader than the trout , and the belly is more prominent ; but its length , when greatest , never exceeds twelve inches the scales are ...
... charr , which is bred in Winander - Meer , in the county of Westmore- land . It is proportionably broader than the trout , and the belly is more prominent ; but its length , when greatest , never exceeds twelve inches the scales are ...
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